Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the pipe-laying work to reach the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi has been completed.
The Air Force has stationed a Chinook helicopter - a twin-rotor heavy-lift chopper - at the airstrip in Uttarakhand's Chinyalisaur, where an emergency medical centre has been set up to treat the 41 workers trapped underground in the Silkyara tunnel.
Rescue workers have drilled through the 60-metre stretch of rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel are expected to enter the steel chute pushed into the drilled passage and bring out the workers one-by-one.
Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: It has been 17 days since the workers were trapped in the under-construction tunnel at Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand and according to the latest reports of today (November 28, 2023), 41 workers trapped in the tunnel will be saved out soon. Meanwhile, a picture of an elderly person is going viral on social media, which is being shared and it is claimed that this picture is of a laborer trapped in a tunnel.
The operation to rescue the trapped workers in Uttarakhand s collapsed tunnel has faced delays due to broken auger drill blades. However, the process of removing the parts of the auger has been completed, and the drilling and pushing work will now begin.